In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Victor Barbicane | |
| George Sanders | ... | Stuyvesant Nicholl | |
| Debra Paget | ... | Virginia Nicholl | |
| Don Dubbins | ... | Ben Sharpe | |
| Patric Knowles | ... | Josef Cartier | |
| Carl Esmond | ... | Jules Verne | |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Morgana | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Bancroft | |
| Ludwig Stössel | ... | Aldo Von Metz (as Ludwig Stossel) | |
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Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile. Written by Anonymous
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29 March 1964 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MexicoCompany Credits
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composed by Bebe Barron and Louis Barron
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Melville Cooper's last movie. See more »Goofs
When they discover they're orbiting the moon, Nicholl remarks that soon they'll "feel the heat, the terrible heat of friction" - an impossibility in the vacuum of space. See more »Quotes
Morgana: You know, whenever I see you, I get the feeling that Barbicane is up to no good.See more »
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Opening credits are on the pages of a book, with the leads' photos included above the name. See more »Soundtracks
Electronic Tonalities(uncredited)
from Forbidden Planet (1956)
composed by Bebe Barron and Louis Barron
heard during the scenes on board the rocket
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A scientist (Joseph Cotton) and a millionaire arms dealer (George Sanders) team up on the construction of a rocket to blast themselves to the Moon. This movie was based on a Jules Verne classic -- but it completely lacks the charm and the quality of `Journey to the Center of the Earth' and `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
Even though the cast includes Morris Ankrum (the Grand Old Man of vintage sci-fi) to provide dignity, and Debra Paget to provide scenery (watch `Princess of the Nile' and go quietly insane), it wasn't enough to save this numbingly slow and unappealing film.
Some of the special effects are astoundingly bad, considering the fair production standards. In the scenes of the blast-off, the supporting bar which holds up the rocket model is clearly visible! Fans of `Forbidden Planet' will notice the heavy use of the `electronic tonalities' borrowed from that classic. Directed by Byron Haskins, who did both `War of the Worlds' and `The Conquest of Space'.